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WILLIAM E. BROOK, OF PLAINFIELD, NEWV JERSEY.

GLUING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,975, dated June 14,1892.

Application filed April 24, 1891. Serial No. 390,247. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BRocK, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Plainfield, in the county of Somerset andState of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gluing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a table which is designed to be used particularly inapplying a veneer to a board or other piece of lumber by means of asuitable implement operating to compress the veneer on a board.

One of the conditions necessary to the successful operation of thisimplement is that the board and veneer shall lie in absolutely parallelplanes, and to fulfill this condition is the essential object of myinvention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I represents a plan or top View ofagluing-table embodying my invention. Fig. 11 represents a partiallongitudinal section and partial side view thereof. Fig. III representsa vertical cross-section thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A indicates the main portion or top of the table, and B twoleaves hinged to said top on opposite sides thereof, as at I). Said topA is supported by legs 0, which in this example are at each end andmidway of the ends thereof.

To the outer edge of each of the leaves B is hinged a brace-bar D, as ate, the same being at a point opposite one of the legs 0, and on theproper leg is secured a rest orsupport for said bars. Each of the leavesB is provided on its upper surface with a rail 6, which extends parallelthereto and to the top A, the two rails being approximately equidistantfrom said top. The inner edges of the leaves 13 are shaped to conform atthe upper surface thereof with the edges of the board that is to beveneered. At one end of the top A is a fixed stop or abutment 7; for'the board, and at the other end thereof is a movable stop 7', to whichis connected a lever Z for adjusting the same, this lever being arrangedto engage with a catch 0 for retaining it in the position of itsadjustment.

hen the table is applied to use, the leaves B are permitted to drop tothe position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3 and the board or otherarticle to be veneered, properly glued, is laid on the top A. The leaves13 are then lowered to a horizontal position by bringing the brace-barsD upon the supports f, as shown by full lines, Fig. 3, whereby the boardis brought into parallelism with said top of the table. The veneer,properly glued, is then laid upon the board between the side rails g,whereby it is brought into proper position upon the board, and theleaves 13 are released, and the board being thereby set free the cntireveneer is exposed, permitting it to be acted upon by the veneeringimplement for shaping it to the board. ,HWV hen the board has been laidon the top Apits one end is brought in contact with the fixed step t andthe leverl is moved for bringing the movable stop j in contact with theother end of the board, so that the board is firmly held endwise in therequired manner for permitting proper action of the veneering implement.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A gluing-table having, in combination, the top, the leaves hinged tosaid top for engaging the edges of the board lying thereon, holding itin position to receive the veneer, the side ralls upon said leavesacting as gages for bringingand retainingthe veneer in proper relationtotheboard, and the brace-bars hinged to said leaves for supporting thesame in horizontal position, substantially as shown and described.

2. A gluing-table having, in combination, the top, the fixed stop at oneend of said top, the movable stop at the other end thereof, thehand-lever for adjusting said movable stop, the leaves on opposite sidesof said top hinged thereto for engaging the edges of the board lyingthereon, the side rails upon said leaves acting as gages for the veneer,and the brace-bars hinged to said leaves for supporting the same inhorizontal position, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM E. BROOK.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS G. BOWEN, CHAS. WAHLnRs.

